Category Archives: Local News

Akron Police are investigating after a 21 year old man was found shot dead inside an Akron apartment building Sunday evening. Akron police were called out to the complex in the 400 block of Sherman St...

Akron residents in need of a place to warm up this week can take shelter at the Summit Lake Community Center, 380 W. Crosier Street, through Sunday February 1st. The center will be open between 8am an...

25 year old Jakob White. pled guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in connection with a fatal crash that occurred in Rootstown Township. The charges stem from a collision that...

A Canton pastor pleaded guilty to a crime involving a sexual incident with a 13 year old girl at River Run Campground in Loudonville. According to officials, Jesse Santos pleaded guilty to abduction. ...

Police say 2 people are dead following what appears to be a murder-suicide at the Orrville power plant Thursday afternoon. In a statement released last night, authorities say the fatal shooting occurr...

Akron residents in need of a place to warm up this weekend can take shelter at the Summit Lake Community Center, 380 W. Crosier Street, starting this morning. The city said that the center will be ope...

A 19 year old Portage County man, Jeffrey Dolan has been sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery stemming from the use of a shotgun during a robbery in Kent. On December 1...

A new roundabout is coming to Stark County. A project to construct a new roundabout to improve safety at the intersection of State Route 173 and Columbus Road NE on the Nimishillen, Marlboro, Township...

The man accused of murdering his ex-wife and her husband inside their Columbus home is now back in Ohio facing charges. 39 year old Michael McKee was extradited from Illinois and booked into Franklin ...

An investigation is underway after a house fire claimed the life of an elderly man. The fire broke out just before 1pm at a home on South Johnson Avenue in Tuscarawas County. Fire crews responded quic...